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Download Solution PDFWhich is the first nuclear reactor made in India?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Apsara.
Key Points
- Apsara is the first nuclear reactor made in India.
- Apsara reactor was built in August 1956.
- The Apsara reactor was named by the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru.
- It was a highly versatile swimming pool type of reactor.
- It was created to conduct basic research in nuclear physics.
- Apsara is Asia's oldest research reactor.
- Apsara was shut down in 2009 for a revamp.
- Apsara-Upgraded(Apsara-U) is the new version of Apasara reactor.
Additional Information
- KAMINI is the world's only thorium-based experimental reactor.
- KAMINI (Kalpakkam Mini reactor) research reactor is at Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research in Kalpakkam.
- CIRUS (Canada India Reactor Utility Services) was the second nuclear reactor to be built in India.
- It is located in Trombay near Mumbai.
- CIRUS was supplied by Canada in 1954, but used heavy water (deuterium oxide) supplied by the United States.
- The Dhruva reactor is the largest nuclear research reactor in India.
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